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With menopause comes hormone shifts. But beyond any medical interventions you may seek, there are changes you can make to your lifestyle and diet that can ease perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms.Read More

Most of us were taught that to stay healthy, we need to avoid bacteria, viruses, and other microbes. However, we’re finding that the real key to perfect health lies in maintaining a healthy, resilient collection of microbes in our gut. Find out how to build and maintain your microbiome to live your healthiest life.Read More

Self-care is any practice that helps you to become the version of yourself that you are striving for or meant to be. Read how you can establish a self-care routine for yourself today and start to reap the benefits.Read More

Your future health is not predetermined by your genes but it is overwhelmingly shaped by the choices you make every day. Here are a few simple, practical changes you can make that can help reduce your risk of disease as you fulfill your deepest potential for health and happiness.Read More

To have more energy today is very desirable but having abundant energy for life should be your highest goal. By going to the source as your first and highest priority, you are tapping into pure consciousness, which has infinite energy, intelligence, wonder, and joy. Here’s how.Read More

Your poop stems from your gut microbiome—all the microorganisms that live in your digestive tract. By “reading” your poop, you can ensure that your gut is functioning correctly for your individual needs.Read More

The people you surround yourself with—friends, family, coworkers—can strongly influence your health. Here are some tips from centenarians on how to nurture your relationships and engage in your community for a long, healthy life.Read More

It’s a good time to make some lifestyle shifts to “grow” yourself as the flower buds begin to peek outside. Clean your house and diet, then follow some self-care and yoga practices to keep Kapha season in check.Read More

Dr. Sheila Patel is the Chopra Center’s Medical Director and a board-certified family physician who is passionate about bringing holistic healing practices into the Western medical system. She earned her M.D. at the University of Wisconsin Medical School and completed her residency in family medicine at the Ventura County Medical Center in Southern California. For more than a decade, she practiced full-spectrum family medicine, from prenatal care and deliveries to ER coverage and primary care for all ages. At the Chopra Center, Dr. Patel offers integrative medical consultations that combine...

Dr. Valencia Porter is a leader in Integrative, Preventive, and Environmental Medicine, combining ancient wisdom traditions such as Ayurvedic Medicine with modern science. Double-Board Certified in General Preventive Medicine and Integrative Medicine, she has been a part of the Chopra Center medical team for the past decade, providing integrative medical consultations and teaching health professionals and the community how to achieve total mind, body, spirit health. She passionately advocates for real solutions to the global problems of climate change and pollution, knowing that personal and...

Tim is a board-certified family physician, mind-body healing expert, and core member of the Chopra Center medical staff. With his characteristic compassion, wisdom, and lighthearted nature, he provides medical consultations for guests and patients and offers mind-body guidance at the center’s events . He also teaches the healing tools and techniques of Ayurveda and leads walking meditations in nature. Before coming to the Chopra Center, Dr. Brieske was in medical practice for more than 13 years in southeast Alaska...

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Emily is a certified Health Coach and freelance writer with a focus on psychology, mental health, and optimal living. A combined interest in healthy living and human behavior led Emily to pursue a certification in health coaching at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition as well as a master’s degree in General Psychology. Her personal struggle with anxiety motivated her to research and implement a variety of holistic approaches into her lifestyle, such as changes in diet and the adoption of mindfulness meditation. She credits these lifestyle changes as well as many others with helping her...

Valerie’s interest in healing began in her early twenties when doctors told her she would need to give up running and other physical activities forever due to debilitating back injuries. This spurred an exploration into mind-body and alternative medicine, which ultimately healed her back and allowed her to resume the activities she loved. Today, she works as an acupuncturist and health coach to help activate others’ self-healing abilities, and is inching toward a master's degree in nutrition and functional medicine. She is also a professional writer and aims to accumulate enough words and...

Heidi Hackler is a Certified Holistic Health Coach (CHHC) and blogger, who received her training from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN). She inspires healthy habits on her happiness and wellness blog , and through her holistic health coaching programs. Heidi quenches her thirst for knowledge through continuing education courses at Chopra Center Certifications, Dogwood School of Botanical Medicine, and Andrea Beaman’s New Healers Master Coaching program. Heidi lives with her husband and two kittens aboard their 40-foot...